Wiring harness guiding apparatus

Abstract

A wiring harness guiding apparatus guides a wiring harness 4 between a floor of a car and a seat arranged slidably at the floor, and includes a support body 7 A supporting the seat; a protector 8 A guiding the airing harness 4 toward the seat; a rail arranging the support body 7 A and the protector 8 A slidably therein; and an excess portion receiving section receiving a excess portion of the wiring harness 4 . The protector 8 A includes a wiring harness fixing member 80 fixing the wiring harness 4 led into the rail; a lead-out member 83 extending with a pipe shape from the wiring harness fixing member 80 and leading the wiring harness 4 therethrough toward the slide body; and a support body mount member 87 arranged at a mounted member of the support body so as to be movable along a widthwise direction of the rail by having a clearance.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A wiring harness guiding apparatus guiding a wiring harness between a car body and a slide body supported by a support body arranged slidably at a long-pipe-shaped rail fixed at the car body, comprising:
 a protector having 
 a wiring harness fixing member fixing the wiring harness led from an opening arranged at one end along a lengthwise direction of the rail into the rail; 
 a lead-out member extending with a pipe shape from the wiring harness fixing member so as to pass through a slit arranged between one end and the other end of the rail provided along a lengthwise direction of the rail to an outside of the rail, and leading the wiring harness therethrough toward the slide body; and 
 a support body mount member extending from one end of the wiring harness fixing member in a longitudinal direction of the rail and being in engagement with a mounted member of the support body, 
 wherein the support body mount member is superposed on the mounted member in a height direction of the rail and engages with the mounted member with a clearance such that the protector is movably coupled to the support body in a widthwise direction of the rail and in the height direction of the rail, and wherein the clearance is defined by a difference between a length of a portion of the support body mount member in engagement with the mounted member along the widthwise direction of the rail and a length of the mounted member along the widthwise direction of the rail. 
 
     
     
       2. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support body mount member is provided with a hole which locates the mounted member projecting in a height direction of the rail inside the hole; and a length of the hole along the widthwise direction of the rail is formed larger than a length of the mounted member along the widthwise direction of the rail; and the protector is mounted at the support body movably in the widthwise direction and the height direction of the rail by engaging the support body mount member with the mounted member. 
     
     
       3. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the support body mount member is arranged on an extension line of a center axis of the wiring harness mounted at the wiring harness fixing member. 
     
     
       4. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the wiring harness mount member is located at a position which the wiring harness has a displacement along the widthwise direction of the rail from the slit opening at a top of the rail; and the lead-out member includes a first lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a widthwise direction of the rail from the wiring harness mount member and a second lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a height direction of the rail from the first lead-out member so as to pass through the slit to the outside of the rail and be formed into an L-shape pipe. 
     
     
       5. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the protector is provided with a support body overlap member extending from an outer surface of the second lead-out member along a widthwise direction of the rail so as to part from the wiring harness mount member and overlapping on the support body. 
     
     
       6. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       7. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the wiring harness mount member is located at a position which the wiring harness has a displacement along the widthwise direction of the rail from the slit opening at a top of the rail; and the lead-out member includes a first lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a widthwise direction of the rail from the wiring harness mount member and a second lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a height direction of the rail from the first lead-out member so as to pass through the slit to the outside of the rail and be formed into an L-shape pipe. 
     
     
       8. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the protector is provided with a support body overlap member extending from an outer surface of the second lead-out member along a widthwise direction of the rail so as to part from the wiring harness mount member and overlapping on the support body. 
     
     
       9. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       10. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       11. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       12. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support body mount member is arranged on an extension line of a center axis of the wiring harness mounted at the wiring harness fixing member. 
     
     
       13. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the wiring harness mount member is located at a position which the wiring harness has a displacement along the widthwise direction of the rail from the slit opening at a top of the rail; and the lead-out member includes a first lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a widthwise direction of the rail from the wiring harness mount member and a second lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a height direction of the rail from the first lead-out member so as to pass through the slit to the outside of the rail and be formed into an L-shape pipe. 
     
     
       14. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the protector is provided with a support body overlap member extending from an outer surface of the second lead-out member along a widthwise direction of the rail so as to part from the wiring harness mount member and overlapping on the support body. 
     
     
       15. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       16. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a wiring harness mount member is located at a position which the wiring harness has a displacement along the widthwise direction of the rail from the slit opening at a top of the rail; and the lead-out member includes a first lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a widthwise direction of the rail from the wiring harness mount member and a second lead-out member extending with a pipe shape along a height direction of the rail from the first lead-out member so as to pass through the slit to the outside of the rail and be formed into an L-shape pipe. 
     
     
       17. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the protector is provided with a support body overlap member extending from an outer surface of the second lead-out member along a widthwise direction of the rail so as to part from the wiring harness mount member and overlapping on the support body. 
     
     
       18. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 16 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       19. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 17 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion. 
 
     
     
       20. The wiring harness guiding apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an excess portion receiving section including 
 a parallel portion receiving an excess portion of the wiring harness, which is led out from the opening to the outside of the rail and formed into U shape; and 
 a connecting section guiding the excess length of the wiring harness, which is led from the opening to the outside of the rail, toward the parallel portion.